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Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Cortex Command is a strategy, indie and action game developed by Data Realms and published by Data Realms and LLC.
Released on September 28th 2012 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 5,985 reviews of which 4,293 were positive and 1,692 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 18.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.42€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Cortex Command into these genres:

Strategy Indie Action 2D Physics Sandbox Pixel Graphics Moddable Local Co-Op Sci-fi Singleplayer Local Multiplayer Difficult Gore Platformer Multiplayer Split Screen RTS Violent Replay Value

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7
  • Processor: 1GHz processor
  • Memory: 1GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 150MB HDD space
  • Video Card: 640x480 (VGA) resolution monitor
  • Additional: Should run on any PC released within the past 5 years.
MacOS
  • OSX:10.4 (OSX Tiger or Greater)
  • Processor:1.6 Ghz Core 2 Duo
  • RAM:1GB RAM
  • Graphics:Intel GMA X3100
  • Disk:300 mb

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Feb. 2026
I never reviewed this? Ive put hundreds of hours into this and every time i pick it up its just as fun. Highly reccomended.
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Oct. 2025
But don't buy it! (unless you feel Data Realms deserves it) The game is effectively abandoned. The community upheld the game even when it was active, Data Realms have great ideas but terrible follow-through (just look at their next game, Planetoid Pioneers). The community kept the game alive through modding for years, and now keep it alive via the open source community project. Play the game that way and enjoy what could have been.
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June 2025
It is the best game you can buy if you're looking for something entirely new and something that you can launch on a toaster This beast from 00-s can give -Fully destructable terrain and bunkers -All enemies, dropships, rockets and bullets have their own (but a bit janky sometimes) physics -These enemies made out of different materials so some of them require different approach - you cannot damage heavy combat robot with low caliber nailguns -Insane replayability - each map can be played with each of 7 factions with different combos of ai skill and overall difficullty -Amount of mods that can extend your playtime for a couple of months AND extremely easy process to make your own mod -A LOT of basic scenarios and maps you can play on The main thing you have to know - this game is brutal at the start and even easiest challenges can make you fail (you can fail even tutorial a couple of times) so if you want to have fun - git good and spend a few more hours ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This game got abandoned by original devs but they are opened the code to the public. A group of fans now continues development in discord so if you want some support, have a question or just want to download heavily modified version of the game - i hope that steam will allow this link: https://discord.gg/TSU6StNQUG
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June 2025
Don't buy this game, it's been abandoned by the devs, however it's free online and the fans have made some updates to the game since.
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April 2025
- Solid 2D art style and graphics. - Great interactive physics. - Currently made open source. - Simple but satisfying gameplay loop of mining, looting, teching, squading, and destroying. Best part is that you don't have to feel bad about the destruction and mayhem because everything is just remote control bots.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Cortex Command is currently priced at 18.99€ on Steam.

Cortex Command is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 18.99€ on Steam.

Cortex Command received 4,293 positive votes out of a total of 5,985 achieving a rating of 7.01.
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Cortex Command was developed by Data Realms and published by Data Realms and LLC.

Cortex Command is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Cortex Command is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Cortex Command is not playable on Linux.

Cortex Command offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Cortex Command offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Cortex Command does not currently offer any DLC.

Cortex Command is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Cortex Command supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Cortex Command is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Cortex Command.

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Cortex Command
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Rating
7.0
4,293
1,692
Game modes
Features
Online players
5
Developer
Data Realms
Publisher
Data Realms, LLC
Release 28 Sep 2012
Platforms
Remote Play
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